“有针对性制裁”英语怎么说

2016-11-21

摘要:美国白宫发言人杰伊•卡尼25日说,美国正在考虑对叙利亚领导人和政府高级官员实施有针对性的制裁。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

The United States is considering imposing "targeted sanctions" against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.

Carney said the United States is looking at "a range of options, " but he refused to get into the specifics.

美国白宫发言人杰伊•卡尼在周一说,美国正在考虑对叙利亚总统巴沙尔阿萨德以及政府高级官员实施有针对性的制裁。

卡尼说,美国正在考虑“一系列选项”,但他拒绝讨论制裁的细节。

【讲解】

文中出现的“targeted sanctions”就是“有针对性制裁”的意思,“sanction”既可以作名词也可以作动词,作名词是指“许可,制裁,约束力”等,如:economic /trade/ international sanctions 经济/贸易/国际制裁,作动词表示“制定制裁规则,认许,核准”,如:The church would not sanction the king's second marriage. 教会不会批准国王第二次结婚。

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